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Termite, n. Termes, white ant.
Terms, n. pl. Conditions, stipulations, provisions, articles of agreement.
Tern, n. Sea-swallow.
Ternary, a. Triplicate, threefold.
Ternary, n. Ternion, number three, three.
Terrace, n. Plateau, esplanade.
Terra cotta. [It.] Baked clay.
Terra firma. [L.] Firm earth, solid ground.
Terra incognita. [L.] Unknown ground, unexplored ground.
Terra Japonica. [L.] Catechu, gambier, cutch, Japan earth.
Terra ponderosa. [L.] Barytes, heavy spar.
Terra Sienna. [It.] Sienna, silicate of iron and alumina.
Terrene, a.
- 1. Earthy, of earth.
- 2. Earthly, terrestrial, worldly.
Terrestrial, a. Earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene, subastral, subcelestial.
Terrible, a.
- 1. Frightful, horrible, dreadful, formidable, fearful, terrific, dire, tremendous, shocking, grewsome, horrid,
hideous.
- 2. Awful, awe-inspiring, dreadful, dread.
- 3. (Colloq.) Excessive, extreme, severe, great.
Terribly, ad.
- 1. Dreadfully, horribly, formidably.
- 2. (Colloq.) Violently, very much.